From: Radovan Garabik (garabik@melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2005 - 07:11:09 CST
On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 12:12:48PM +0100, Otto Stolz wrote:
> Patrick Andries schrieb:
> >Hmm. I have my doubts about what those requirements would be for a sign
> >in front of travel agency written "PREßBURG REISEN", maybe ignorance and
> >wish to look very Germanic in Bratislava by using a characteristic ß.
>
> Ignorance, definitely.
Don't be so quick :-)
>
> The current spelling is "Pressburg", according to
> <http://www.ids-mannheim.de/reform/a1-2.html#P2>.
> (This has been effective since 1998-08-01.)
The current _name_ is "Bratislava". Even in German, it is preferred.
"Pressburg" is used when you want to put an archaic flavour somewhere.
Archaic being archaic, I would definitely prefer Preßburg. Anyway, it
might be a name, and the agency might be certainly older than 1998.
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